Asim A. Ahmed, MD

Doctor
Karius

Disclosure: Karius (Employee)

Asim A. Ahmed, a native of St. Louis, Missouri obtained his B.A. in Anthropology and Neuroscience from Amherst College, his M.D. from Baylor College of Medicine and performed an HHMI medical student fellowship at UCSF. He completed his residency at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Boston Children’s Hospital. He continues to work at Boston Children’s Hospital. In addition to his work on metagenomic next-generation sequencing for infectious diseases Dr. Ahmed has developed a clinical expertise in encephalitis, emerging viruses and vector-borne diseases.

Poster(s):

347 - Etiologies in a Cohort of Pediatric Patients Who Underwent CSF Metagenomic Next Generation Sequencing
390 - Non-invasive Detection of Co-infections in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 using the Karius Test, A Plasma-based Next-Generation Sequencing Test for Microbial Cell-free DNA
395 - Rapid, Non-invasive Detection of Infection Using Plasma-based Next-Generation Sequencing for Microbial Cell-free DNA in Individuals Testing Negative for SARS-CoV-2 in a Pandemic Setting
666 - Microbial Cell-Free DNA Sequencing for Evaluation of Response to Antibiotic Therapy in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Leukemia
711 - Rapid, non-invasive detection and monitoring of Bartonella quintana endocarditis by plasma-based next-generation sequencing of microbial cell-free DNA
751 - Karius Cell-Free DNA Metagenomic Assay of Plasma Detects Pulmonary and Disseminated Trichosporon Infections in Patients with Hematological Malignancies
1097 - Microbial Cell Free DNA Sequencing for Prediction of Culture-Negative Infection Events in Children with Cancer